Engineering Program Manager - Onsite

Description

The company is a global healthcare technology business with about 95,000 employees in more than 150 countries. Its medical technologies are used by over 72 million patients a year.

The Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health business, part of the Neurosciences Operating Unit, builds technologies for chronic pain, movement disorders, bladder and bowel dysfunction and other neurological conditions.

The Operations group works with product development, manufacturing, supply chain, quality and regulatory teams to bring new products into global manufacturing networks on time, on cost and to quality targets.

This is a Minneapolis, Minnesota role, onsite, with no travel. You will be the main Operations contact for cross-functional product development teams and lead readiness work from concept through commercialization.

The application window is expected to close on 7 Nov 2026.

The duty list below does not cover every responsibility or skill for the role.

Responsibilities

• Plan, run and implement the operations work for new product introduction programs.
• Act as the main Operations representative on cross-functional product development core teams.
• Lead extended operations teams toward program milestones, budget targets and commercial goals.
• Identify manufacturing and supply chain risks, plan mitigations and work to burn down schedule risk.
• Track operations metrics such as product cost, manufacturing yield, capacity, process capability and component capability.
• Set manufacturing strategy, covering site selection, make-or-buy decisions, contract manufacturing scope, capacity planning and equipment sourcing.
• Coordinate design transfer, development builds, process validation planning and launch readiness across manufacturing value streams.
• Make sure Quality System rules, Design History File records and operations-related regulatory deliverables are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering plus 5+ years of program or project management leading complex new product development programs, or a master's in engineering, business administration or a related technical field plus 3+ years of the same kind of program management.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in product development, manufacturing or operations.
• Experience managing schedules, risks, budgets and deliverables on programs.
• Experience supporting commercialization, manufacturing transfer or product introduction.
• Experience working in regulated industries.
• If your bachelor's degree was earned outside the United States, it must satisfy 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A).
• Preferred: an advanced degree in engineering or an MBA.
• Preferred: medical device development or manufacturing experience with knowledge of FDA, ICH or IEC requirements.
• Preferred: PMP, Six Sigma Green Belt, DFSS or DRM certification.
• Preferred: experience with manufacturing process validation, capacity planning and design transfer.
• Preferred: experience with Lean Manufacturing, DFMA, FTQ or other structured problem-solving methods.
• The job is an office role. You will regularly need to move independently, use a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Reasonable accommodations are available for people with disabilities. Ask your manager or local HR about conditions specific to your role.

Conditions

The role is onsite in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with no travel required.

U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J and similar) is offered only for Principal-level roles and above. Roles below Principal level require unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the whole period of employment.

The company offers equal employment opportunity regardless of protected characteristics, including citizenship status, and provides reasonable accommodations for disabilities; applicants with arrest or conviction records are considered under Los Angeles County and California fair chance laws.

Benefits

• The company offers a competitive salary and a flexible benefits package.
• Base salary range for U.S. locations excluding Puerto Rico: $142,400.00 to $213,600.00 USD. The base range applies across the U.S. except Puerto Rico and certain California locations, and actual pay depends on experience, certification or education, market conditions and location. These figures apply to hires in the United States only; others get local market pay and benefits.
• The role is eligible for the MIP short-term incentive plan.
• Regular employees working 20+ hours a week get health, dental and vision insurance, a health savings account, a healthcare flexible spending account, life insurance, long-term disability cover, a dependent daycare spending account, tuition assistance or reimbursement, and access to the Simple Steps well-being program.
• All regular employees get incentive plans, a 401(k) with employer contribution and match, short-term disability cover, paid time off, paid holidays, the employee stock purchase plan, an employee assistance program, a non-qualified retirement supplement (subject to IRS earnings minimums) and a capital accumulation plan (for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earnings minimums).
• Temporary workers receive paid sick time as state law requires, plus the employee stock purchase plan. Some benefits may not apply in Puerto Rico.
• Full benefit and compensation plan details are published on the company's benefits page.